Santiago ranked 83rd on an international survey of quality of life among cities around the globe, placing higher than
Panama City, Panama (#92)
Monterrey in Mexico (#94)
Rio de Janerio, Brazil (#115)
Mexico City (#128)
San Juan, Puerto Rico (#71) and Buenos Aires, Argentina (#79) were the two cities in Latin America ranked above Santiago.
While Santiago placed 3rd in Latin America, the capital’s score fell two points from last year’s survey. Public health and environmental factors negatively affected Santiago’s score, while recycling, sanitary services and clean water access received better marks then previous years.
Santiago’s economic, political and social stability received the highest ratings.
In a separate survey, based solely on health, medical care and pollution factors, Santiago fell to 133rd, but maintained a third place ranking within Latin America.
The yearly global survey by the Mercer Human Resource Consulting Firm ranked 215 cities around the world. Scores are determined using 39 different quality-of-life factors, encompassing economic, political, safety and environmental factors, such as political stability, public education, medical and social services and per capita income. New York, ranked 48th en the world, served as the base city for the list with 100 points.
The top 50 cities (generally European, Canadian and Australian cities) remained relatively the same as last year’s survey.
Zurich was ranked number one
Geneva placed 2nd
Vancouver and Vienna tied for third.
Baghdad was ranked as the city with the poorest quality of life.
The top five cities in the Americas are all in Canada:
Vancouver (#3)
Toronto (#15)
Ottawa (#18)
Montreal (#22)
Calgary (#24).
Within the U.S., Honolulu and San Francisco received the highest rankings, placing 27th and 29th, respectively.
The Mercer Firm stated: “A city with a high Quality of Living index is a safe and stable one, but it may be lacking the dynamic je ne sais quoi that makes people want to live in world-renowned cities such as Paris, Tokyo, London or New York. Sometimes you need a little spice to make a city exciting. But that "spice" may also give a city a lower ranking.”
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Here are some more city facts for consideration:
(Talk about these facts with your family. How do these facts affect missions, missionaries, and missionary support figures?)
-Moscow replaces Tokyo as the world's most expensive city
-Asuncion, Paraguay remains the least expensive city globally
-Seoul is the most expensive city in Asia
-London is the most expensive city in Europe
-New York remains the most expensive city in North America along with Los Angeles and San Francisco
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